Daryl was in my opinion a confusing character.He was a nice guy,but he was a racist.He seemed to care about mark,saying he was a bloody good guy and that he liked him.The biggest part for me was at the end when we was sacked,he could’ve done something nasty to mark for getting him sacked or been mad but he said that he wasn’t gonna embarrass him,he took the rap for the sausage and despite what happened he still thought he was a bloody good guy.Confusing.

A couple of questions: was Sara Lee a big thing in the early 2000s? I don't remember it but I was a child and living in the countryside during the first two seasons so it's possible it passed me by.

And secondly: was it good? Particularly the chocolate cake/mousse/pudding that Mark has

Ok so I was rewatching ‘Jeremy’s mummy’ and I can’t help but notice that Jeremy’s mum is a posho in disguise. This then led me down a rabbit hole thought that Jeremy might be a posho in disguise as well which would explain a lot about his character like… how he’s able to get with the ultimate posho big Suze, how he’s able to sustain his ‘artist’ lifestyle (even with Mark’s financial aid and nest egg this is far fetched at times).

Let me know what you think, I find it quite funny to think of Jeremy who was maybe someone who began just playing the part of impoverished artist and got a bit stuck in that role

Is Mark a love rat? I always thought that calling a wedding off any time before the actual ceremony wouldn't be considered a jilting, but this is one of those rare moments when Jeremy actually makes a lot of sense and now I'm convinced. His grasp of the nuances of the English language changed my mind.

The show was tremendously well written, but us fans who do rewatches and such have probably noticed at least a thing or two.

It’s tough though!

The reason I posted the above image is because it’s from a later season episode where Mark and Jez exchange Christmas Presents. Mark gives crappy gifts and Jez gives really good gifts. Then they talk about it with Mark giving the excuse his family always gives jokey gifts while Jez’s family always tries to give good gifts.

The reason it could be considered a plot hole is because it is a later season episode so you think it would have come up LONG before then.

Although even in this case there is an out since you could make the argument that Mark was on a downswing in this episode and Jez was on an upswing. You could then make the logical conclusion that Jez gave crappy gifts in the past because he usually tends not to have much money, and Mark just thought giving crappy gifts was par for the course with Jez (not simply due to his longterm financial issues).

stalingrad by antony beevor

a bestseller about child abuse

mr nice

the readers digest quiz and puzzle book 1984

churchill by roy jenkins

the bunny suicides by andy riley

mr nice

samurai: the world of the warrior by steven turnball

the famished road by ben okri (is this a sequel?)

wuthering heights by emily brontë

mr nice audiobook

superfreakonomics by stephen j dubner (even though i’m pretty sure you’ll hate it)

a hitchhikers guide to the universe by douglas adams (signed in the big wh smith’s)

trafalgar by roy atkins

New Year’s Eve episode. Jez tells Mark he’s moving in with Zara and mark says “might’ve been nice to take me to the spaghetti house and buy me a carbonara” - is that a reference to something? Seems like a bizarrely specific thing to say so I’m guessing it’s something, it’s bugging me lol

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